GOP Desperately Seeking Mr. Popular

[ClarkUSA]

We can tell you one thing about the current Karl Rove-vs.-Joe Biden spat: Democrats are loving every second of it.

Why? Because -- as with Dick Cheney and Rush Limbaugh before him -- the public has a very sour opinion of Rove. "We're not too worried that Karl Rove, Rush Limbaugh, and Dick Cheney are battling it out to remain the face of the Republican Party," a Dem strategist emails First Read. "Every time Rove pops up, it just serves to remind people what they wanted to change."

Indeed, Republicans seem to be having a difficult time finding a leader/messenger who doesn't have a net-negative fav/unfav rating go mano a mano with the Obama administration.

An August 2007 Gallup poll showed Rove's standing at 26% favorable, 44% unfavorable. Another Gallup poll early this year had Limbaugh's at 28%-45%. Per the December 2008 NBC/WSJ poll, Cheney's was 21%-58%. George W. Bush's in the NBC/WSJ survey was 31%-58% upon leaving office. Even looking at potential 2012 presidential candidates, Sarah Palin, who speaks at a National Right to Life dinner in Indiana next week, has a 35%-45% fav/unfav, according to the December NBC/WSJ poll.

With tales of GOP woe like this, the wave of schadenfruede I've been riding since Election Day isn't even close to cresting. :D

[AtomicKitten]

1. They've got nothing but it's fun watching them flail about in desperation!

:hi:

[ClarkUSA]

2. Yup... I keep hoping Jindal gives another prime time speech after Pres. Obama.

:hi:

[tridim]

3. They should go with Turd Blossom

Since he's the only member of BushCo who still has a job. It doesn't hurt that he's apparently 100% shameless as well.

[ClarkUSA]

5. Remember when he used to be treated by the MSM and Democrats as if he had mystical powers?

Well, Republicans were hoping he still had that MSM aura but boy, was it was an epic fail! The once-mighty Rove is a PR has-been.

[denem]

4. The Huckster.

[ClarkUSA]

6. He's dropped off the radar since the RNC Convention. What happened?

McCain detested him but wasn't he a darling of Southern evangelicals? Did they throw him overboard for Palin?

[tridim]

7. He has a show on Faux.

It's basically an evangelical variety show, but much more boring.

At the end he plays bass with his country/western musical guests. :eyes:

[ClarkUSA]

8. Oy. Thanks for the update.

I kinda wish I hadn't asked. :rofl:

[mwei924]

9. He doesn't really have the balls to pick a fight.

[Danger Mouse]

10. They should dig up Fred Thompson.

[immoderate]

11. At least they still have Newt! Oh wait....

;)

--imm

[Arugula Latte]

12. Hmmm ... David Vitter? Larry Craig? Tom Delay?

So many good choices! :evilgrin:

[opihimoimoi]

13. Their OUTLOOK is Negative...sour....bullyish, grumpy, pouty, whiny, with

many other Bully Traits....lie cheat steal for a set of 3

Whad they expect??? Rewards for acting like assholes?

Mr POPULAR???? too simplistic...and second....who? They ain't got shit....

Obama got a lock on TRUTH REASON and SANITY.....somethings the PUBs have refused to adapt....therein lies the difficulty for them PUBs

They need to change(there's that word again)

but...as stubborn as they are....they won't until all of the wheels are off the PUB BUS...by then....they are MOOT....

[Laelth]

14. It's hard to be popular when your agenda is to screw over the American people.

I am glad we seem to be waking up to what the Republican Party truly stands for. Watch me cry a river for the Republicans.

:nopity:

:dem:

-Laelth

[Cha]

15. Yeah, keep it up rove, you

odious fuck.

[rasputin1952]

16. They could always use Norm Coleman...

after all, they choose candidates from the Veggie Bin anyway...:D

[ClarkUSA]

24. lol!

:D

[Doctor_J]

17. Whadya mean? Newt, Turdblosson, Limpballs, Manatee, Boner, Bachmann,

what's not to love?

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:
:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[Downtown Hound]

18. Hey Repukes, want some advice?

Try running a candidate that thinks torture is wrong, respects the environment, respects civil rights, respects human life (and not the phony a fetus above all else kind of respect, I mean actual living people dealing with real world issues), has some compassion (real compassion, not the fake Bush kind) has some real vision for the future beyond more tax cuts for the wealthy, and isn't an ignorant buffoon always trying to prove how tough they are.

Do those things, and you might actually win an election sometime.

[Doctor_J]

19. Good luck finding that person in the GOP

bailed long ago

[Downtown Hound]

20. Yep. n/t

[opihimoimoi]

21. As a Group Of Grouchy Bullies...they possess np EMPATHY....NO BENEVOLENCY

They are selfish and selfcentered.....

They have Cancer charactoristics...they fuck things up

and they wanna look for a hero.....good luck

[Kablooie]

22. Stephen Colbert! Stephen Colbert! He should be the GOP leader!

[SKKY]

23. I wish Rove, Cheney, Malkin, Coulter, and Limbaugh would be MORE public in their...

...opposition to Obama and his current administration. Put them on TV every chance they get. Make the head of the Republican Party this huge, hideous 5-headed monster that turns the stomach.